Countdown 2024 from KNX News

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Ahead of the most consequential election of our lifetimes, KNX News chief correspondent Charles Feldman and anchor Margaret Carrero host the key players in the biggest races facing America and Southern California, dive into the most critical issues in the 2024 campaign, and ensure you have the information you need to be an informed voter.

8 HR. AGO

Drill baby drill + climate change is a hoax = Trump's energy & environment policies

61 days to go until inauguration day and Donald Trump is sworn in as the nation's 47th president ... thank you for counting down the transition with us. On today's Countdown 2024: President-elect Trump couldn't be more clear in his priorities when it comes to the nation's environment and energy policy. Trump believes climate change is a hoax, and he wants to "drill baby drill," even though the U.S. is already the chief global producer of oil and natural gas. So we'll DRILL down on both these issues today ... hearing from the Sierra Club and an oil and gas trader who's been helping the Trump transition team.

21 min
1 DAY AGO

Navigating Trump 2.0 as a declared "enemy of the people:" journalists dig in for a rough 4 years ahead

62 days to go in the country's transition to a second Trump presidency ... thank you for counting down with us. On today's Countdown 2024: The incoming Republican controlled Congress will face several early tests from the Trump administration, all centered around one core, constitutional question: How much of their power are they willing to cede to President Donald Trump, who seems very eager to seize it? We'll put that question to the Republican Congressman elected to take over Kevin McCarthy's old House seat in Bakersfield. And ... how will journalists navigate their second tour covering the Trump administration, especially after they've been labeled the "enemy of the people?"

21 min
2 DAYS AGO

Disruption on steroids: MAGA's chaotic plan to remake the federal government

63 days to go until the transition is complete and Donald Trump is sworn back into the presidency ... thank you for counting down with us. On today's Countdown 2024: Back in 2016 when Donald Trump first won the presidency and had a Republican House and Senate, conservatives were giddy ... but couldn't really pull off the sweeping transformation of the federal government for which they were hoping. This time both the president-elect and his MAGA faithful are determined to charge full steam ahead ... we'll hear from the CEO of The Federalist about how they'll execute their plans. And we'll talk with a former CDC investigator who thinks Robert F. Kennedy Junior might not be the disaster many fear as head of Health and Human Services.

20 min
5 DAYS AGO

Will Trump actually kill off the U.S. Department of Education?

66 days to go until Donald Trump officially re-takes the reigns of power at the White House ... thank you for counting down this complicated transition period with us. On today's Countdown 2024: The promises from president-elect Trump and several other Republicans to kill off the U.S. Department of Education came early and often during the campaign ... so now that he's back in charge, can he actually shut down a sprawling federal agency overseeing the public educations of some 50-million American kids ... and WOULD he actually do that? We'll hear from a former Secretary of Education. And at the end of today's show: if Donald Trump is a reflection of the American people, what does that say about us?

20 min
6 DAYS AGO

ACLU readies for battle, once more, with Trump

The transition to a new president and a new controlling party in Washington D.C. marches on ... with 67 days left to go before Donald Trump is sworn back into office. Thank you for counting down this post-election period with us. On today's Countdown 2024: Donald Trump's nomination of controversial Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz has a lot of people worried that Trump will follow through on his threats to use the Justice Department to exact revenge on his political enemies ... so we're talking with the ACLU today on its plan for resistance. And ... can Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy really root out trillions of dollars in government fraud and waste?

21 min
NOV 14

Buckle up, world: bracing for a radically different Trump foreign policy

68 days to go until January 20th, when Donald Trump will be sworn into the presidency to serve a second term ... thanks for sticking with us as we cover this complicated period of transition. On today's Countdown 2024: we're focusing on foreign and military policy under the incoming Trump administration ... which means asking about the fate of Ukraine, the fate of NATO and whether a Fox News host is up to the task of leading the world's biggest and most advanced military.

19 min
NOV 12

Why Trump's win on economic anxieties was 50 years in the making

One week ago today Americans made their choice to send Donald Trump back to the White House ... and we're tracking the 69 days until the president-elect is sworn back into office. Hope your election hangover has eased a bit over the last week! On today's Countdown 2024: We'll look at why Donald Trump's victory and Kamala Harris's defeat were generations in the making because of deep-seeded economic patterns in this country ... and ask whether Trump can do anything to change those patterns. And we're picking through the first round of cabinet appointments ... for clues to how Trump will govern during his second go of it.

21 min
NOV 11

Tariffs & taxes: Can Trump deliver on his lofty promises?

Almost one week after election day, we are now an even 70 days away until Donald Trump is sworn in to become the 47th president of the United States ... thanks for sticking with us as we countdown towards another landmark for the country. On today's show: President-elect Trump consistently promised two things on the campaign trail over the last year: Sweeping, across the board tariffs ... and broad tax cuts for just about every segment of the economy. Can he now pull off those pledges and what will the impacts be for you and me?

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07/22/2020

Potatofry28373

Ok 👌
“Larry stop, stop!!”…wow

09/12/2021

AGVentures

Great journalism right there.
Endless stupidity.

11/04/2020

AJBAndy5

A National Voter ID law is a must. That is the only way this will insure valid elections. Of course, the Democratic Left is totally against this. They cry and have these temper tantrum’s whenever it’s a topic of conversation. The media makes sure it’s a one sided argument.
Disappointed

07/23/2020

vryannyd

I was looking for fact based and in-depth news and some of the coverage fits that description, but there are just as many with a definite political slant-I will have to keep looking.

Ahead of the most consequential election of our lifetimes, KNX News chief correspondent Charles Feldman and anchor Margaret Carrero host the key players in the biggest races facing America and Southern California, dive into the most critical issues in the 2024 campaign, and ensure you have the information you need to be an informed voter.